Prius Engineering

[Bob_Garrett]

As part of their "Under the Hood" series, a group of engineers from Tech OnLine did a teardown of a brand new Prius.

http://techonline.com/product/underthehood/199501673

I liked this....

"The Prius overall appears to follow the Toyota build philosophy: standard modules, bits and pieces--from electronics to doors and other components--that readily fit in place, enabling the same vehicle model to be built to the same quality standard anywhere in the world."

But, then we all already know that.

 

[Fuzzy Logic]

I like this part " Ignore the large nickel-metal hydride battery tucked out of sight behind the rear seat; filter out the associated starter-motor-like heavy-gage high-voltage orange cables running along the frame to carry current to and from the electric traction motor for power and regenerative braking"